<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>Lovesongs-247 - Relax, Chill, The Best Love Songs, 24 hours a day!</title><description>Love Songs 247 Radio, brings you love songs, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  If you want some romance, then tune into lovesongs247 for all the music you love and the music you need to relax. </description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Leone)</managingEditor><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:10:46 -0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://lovesongs247.blogspot.com/search/label/Podcast</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://lovesongs247.com/podcast/itunes_image.jpg"/><itunes:keywords>online,dating,internet,dating,online,dating,tips</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>The Dating Show is all about getting tips for having fun and staying safe online. If you are looking for love like millions of others, how should you go about doing it. Find out with The Dating Show.</itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>The Dating Show - Tips, Techniques and Fun for Online Internet Dating</itunes:subtitle><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><item><title>What is the chill out show on Lovesongs247.com? </title><link>http://lovesongs247.blogspot.com/2014/02/what-is-chill-out-show-on.html</link><category>love music</category><category>lovesongs</category><category>music</category><category>Podcast</category><category>romance</category><category>sexy voices</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Leone)</author><pubDate>Sun, 9 Feb 2014 14:03:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288747320405465353.post-2164178764886368299</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;You’ve probably heard Debbie Russ on the station as she presents one of our new shows, the chill out show on Lovesongs247.com. You probably also recognise her voice from a few of the adverts in between the songs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;We thought we’d catch up with Debbie, as the show’s been running for a few weeks now, so she could talk to us a bit about why she loves presenting the Chill Out show on Thursdays and Sundays, and why Lovesongs247.com is the perfect radio station to listen to when you’re looking for love on online dating sites.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;We also thought we’d pick her brains about one of her characters that she plays very convincingly, Pepper Dove.

If you’d like to hear more from Debbie talking about how she can get you in the mood for finding love online, you can listen to our chat with her below – and we recommend you do, she has a fantastic voice, as you already know.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;R: I'm joined now in the studio by Debbie Russ, who's one of the presenters on Lovesongs247.com. Debbie, you present the chill out show, just tell us a little bit about that.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;D: Chill out is the perfect sound for relaxing with a loved one to get you in the mood for love or if you're on the dating websites to help you in the frame of mind to find the person that you can love.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;R: Ok, you've got a fantastic voice! 

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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;D: Thank you Rod.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;R: SO as well as being one of the presenters on the station, you also do some of the adverts as well. One of which is Pepper Dove, who is an interesting character, just tell me a little bit about her.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;D: I'm very fond of Pepper, she's a bit of a man eater, but I think in her heart she's quite lonely and desperate for love and she's also quite playful I think, and a bit of a cougar. She's quite fun to do.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;R: Just give a little blast of Pepper now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;R: Wow!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 20px;"&gt;E: Awesome voice, she has a lovely voice.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 20px;"&gt;R: She has a great voice, and she presents the chill out show on LoveSongs247.com which is a great radio station to listen to if you're online dating or just want a bit of nice music in the background because they've got loads of different stuff, soul, chill out with Debbie, blues, jazz and also northern soul.&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jddx9wom7Oc&amp;amp;list=PLYlbYTQk2qlZdopk4uLpSSb52CiPCPmd0"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jddx9wom7Oc&amp;amp;list=PLYlbYTQk2qlZdopk4uLpSSb52CiPCPmd0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description></item><item><title>How do you get the perfect online dating profile?</title><link>http://lovesongs247.blogspot.com/2013/12/how-do-you-get-perfect-online-dating.html</link><category>audio editing</category><category>dating</category><category>interviewing</category><category>interviews</category><category>love</category><category>love songs</category><category>music</category><category>online dating</category><category>Podcast</category><category>Podcast production</category><category>Podcasts</category><category>romance</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Leone)</author><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:23:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288747320405465353.post-2547620652688084990</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;You've bitten the bullet and you've signed up for an online dating site in your quest for love. The first thing you need to do is create your profile. It has to be right - you want to attract the right people. What do you write? Is there anything you really should'nt say?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;We thought the best way to find out was to ask someone from Older Dating Online about how to set up the perfect profile. Rod from the Dating Show podcast had a chat with Em from Older Dating Online. She told him what to do and what not to do when you're creating a profile for an online dating site in your search for love. 

To listen to their chat, you can click here.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E: It's very important to have a good profile on the website because this is your chance to show yourself off to other members before you first speak to them. So, your profile is the first thing people are going to be looking at before they decide to message you. So, if your profile doesn't show you in a positive light, people are more likely to just pass you by.
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R: So what sort of things make a good online dating profile?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;E:. I think it is important to keep it simple, as people won't be bothered to read a really long detailed paragraph. You don't want to give too much away. The idea is to leave them wanting more and intrigue someone enough to make them want to message you and find out more. All you need to do really is write a little about yourself. So, are you single, divorced, widowed? What do you do for a living? What do you like to do in your spare time? It's also good to let others know what it is you are looking for on the dating website. So, identify whether you want to meet people in a particular age range or with certain habits, like non-smoking for example. And, I would say, a touch of humour in the profile and the photos are always good and go a long way.
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R: Ok. And the photo? That's got to be important as well because if you're looking around and you can't see the person then that's going to put people at a disadvantage isn't it?
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E: Yes, definitely. I think a photo on your profile is equally, if not more important than writing something about yourself. So, people are a lot less likely to chat to someone with online dating if they can't see what they look like. So, the photos probably the first thing people are going to look at when looking for a date online and people tend to know instinctively if they find that person attractive from their photos. So, yes, it is very important, yes.
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R: And how honest should you be with both, because in a way you are trying to sell yourself to try and attract people but should you be totally honest with the photos?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;E: I think you should always be very honest with both of them because the truth will come out in the end. Starting an online relationship where you haven't been totally honest with each other won't go very well for a long-term relationship. By all means use a photograph of yourself where you are looking at absolutely at your best but there is a difference between using this and a photograph of a model.

R: Now, you work in the customer care team at Older Dating Online. What are the stats on all this? If somebody has got a photo and a profile, how much more likely are they to meet somebody and have a date?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;E: Your chances of meeting someone online are 100 times better if you've written something about yourself and have a few good photos. This is definitely true of members who send in their success stories to the office.

This excerpt is from October's Dating Show. To listen to that podcast in full, you can click here.&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;To listen to the latest Dating Show podcast, click here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsOEVY727vU&amp;feature=share&amp;list=SPYlbYTQk2qlZdopk4uLpSSb52CiPCPmd0&amp;index=1&amp;loop=1&amp;autoplay=1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.lovesongs247.com/podcast/the_dating_show_for_websites.jpg" border="0" alt="The Dating Show Podcast" width="150" height="75" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Do people actually find love through online dating?</title><link>http://lovesongs247.blogspot.com/2013/12/do-people-actually-find-love-through.html</link><category>dating</category><category>love</category><category>lovesongs</category><category>music</category><category>Podcast</category><category>Podcast production</category><category>podcasting</category><category>Podcasts</category><category>romance</category><category>songs</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Leone)</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2013 06:29:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288747320405465353.post-4396197495466750974</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;You can't help but sometimes be sceptical when people talk to you about dating sites. Do they actually work? Sure, you may meet people, but can you form long lasting relationships from them?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;We thought we'd have a chat with someone who successfully found online after using an internet dating site. Jilly Hudson met with Eliza from the Dating Show in London to have a chat. Jilly says she's now with the man of her dreams. She had some very exciting news to share with us.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;J: We've decided we're to move in together!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;E: That's amazing!
&lt;br /&gt;J: Yes. It's all, you know, selling the flat, finding a house and yes? Building our life together really.??&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;E: So, this is after how long?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;J: We met in October last year. We were talking to each other for?around about a month before we met up and it's really gone from there. I just instantly knew that he was the one.
&lt;br /&gt;E: Where did you go for your first date?
&lt;br /&gt;J: Our first date was actually one of the coldest dates ever at Kew? Gardens (south west London, UK) and we just spent the whole time?walking and getting to know each other because until then, all our? Communication had been by email
&lt;br /&gt;E: Why did you choose a place like Kew Gardens? Often people go and have? A meal or they go for a drink, why did you choose to go to Kew Gardens?
&lt;br /&gt;J: I didn't choose it. He did. So, it was his choice about spending the?day there but they've got like a little cafe and stuff there, so we?could have some lunch but also it's quite mutual territory where we?could just like walk and chat and just get to know each other.
&lt;br /&gt;E: So it's sort of took the pressure off in the sense that you didn't? find yourself facing somebody that you couldn't talk to? You had?something that you could talk about as you walked around on your date?
&lt;br /&gt;J: Exactly.....look around at what was going on there.
&lt;br /&gt;E: I know that it wasn't always easy to find somebody when you were?online dating? It took time and you had to keep looking, and there were?times when it was quite disappointing? How was that period for you?
&lt;br /&gt;J: It was quite challenging because as somebody who is naturally quite? Shy, taking the knocks can actually be quite tough but you've got to? Actually be resilient and not take it too personally.
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&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KskpXp9k5k"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSpDDFj7xjA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description></item><item><title>A true story of a first date, when we ended up talking about cheese</title><link>http://lovesongs247.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-true-story-of-first-date-when-we.html</link><category>cheese</category><category>Date</category><category>lovesongs</category><category>Podcast</category><category>podcasting</category><category>romance</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Leone)</author><pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:43:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288747320405465353.post-7140241910191166272</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;We’ve all experienced a first date, haven’t we? We all know how scary it can be. It’s terrifying whatever the situation, whether you’re meeting up with someone you’ve met on one of those online dating sites, if it’s a date set up by friends or even if it’s someone you asked out after meeting them in a bar. Is the venue appropriate? There’s nothing worse than going to a restaurant with someone who doesn’t like anything on the menu or going to a bar where you both feel awkward and out of place.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At The Dating Show, we thought the best way to answer some of these questions was to test out a first date ourselves, so we sent Rod on a first date with someone he’d been chatting with an online dating site for a few weeks in his quest for love.

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We’d arranged to meet up in a chic, expensive looking bar in a posh part of North London at 7 o'clock UK time on a rainy Monday after chatting for a while online on one of those online dating sites. I arrived about 10 minutes early. I was wearing nice jeans and a checked shirt. I thought I looked alright really! I texted my date, Em, who’s in her late thirties, ordered a rather expensive small beer, sat in the corner and a few minutes later she arrived. She was a vision in black. She was petite, and had dark hair and olive green eyes. She’s rather quirky, which I’d already worked out by some of her messages and the two phone calls we've already had. She recognized me straight away, smiled and said I look just like my photo – which to be honest, I didn’t really expect. It shows you that it’s always good to upload an honest picture when you’re looking for love online dating sites.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;I told her she looked like her picture on the dating site too. She ordered a glass of white wine and we started chatting face to face, sitting opposite each other over a cosy, candlelit table.

We spoke about music, our jobs, hobbies and the conversation flowed very well. We spent an age talking about cheese. We were there for around two hours and I enjoyed myself as I found her rather attractive. I had to leave and catch the train, and she offered to walk me to the tube station, pointing out her home on the way. A kiss on the cheek, and she was gone into the night. I sent her a text from the train, thanking her for the lovely evening and letting her know that I was nearly home. She replied almost straight away, thanking me and wishing me a safe journey. 

I thought it was best to leave it a bit before I replied, so I left it 24 hours, then texted her again to see how she was. We then arranged to meet up again on Friday.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Em wanted to go for a walk, so again we met at the same tube station. This time, she was dressed in a blue top and jeans. First of all we decided to have a cup of tea, then after that, we strolled off for a long walk around the park, which was quite stunning with all the autumn colours. Again, we chatted all afternoon. If I’m honest, the conversation was interesting, intelligent and even a little bit flirty. Within no time at all, we were holding hands, which felt nice and real. After the walk, we decided to go for a pizza and a glass of wine.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Then it was back to the station and a solo journey home. We were there for five hours and we've been texting each other ever since. I feel like I’m attached to my phone as I keep looking at it waiting for the next message to arrive.

If you want some more love advice and tips on online dating, you can listen to the full Dating Show podcast here.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fSgx8_1T80"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAB4R5BJv88&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Dating Show episode 2</title><link>http://lovesongs247.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-dating-show-episode-2.html</link><category>love</category><category>lovesongs</category><category>Podcast</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Leone)</author><pubDate>Mon, 7 Oct 2013 23:55:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288747320405465353.post-2612030816780716730</guid><description>Welcome to the Lovesongs 247 podcast 'The Dating Show!'&lt;br /&gt;
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This month on the 'dating show' the team discuss love at first sight.
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R: In this edition we hear from some-one who’s found love on line ..&lt;/div&gt;
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E: We get advice about creating a online dating profile that works.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Now...love at first sight – does it really exist..?&lt;/div&gt;
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E: You know that's the sort of thing with aliens isn't it? You hear about it existing but you have never actually seen one and....it's true, I've never actually fallen in love at first sight.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: I have! Now researchers in America in Ohio have recently carried out a study which reveals that people do actually decide on what sort of relationship they want in the first 3 minutes of meeting someone.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: I mean, I decided within 3 minutes that I didn't fancy you at all!&lt;/div&gt;
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E: -tired laughter!- Is it true that you take 3 minutes? It's all about body language and stuff like that isn't it.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: So, here on The Dating Show from Lovesongs247.com, we wanted to find someone who had found their perfect match with online dating. We met up with Jilly Hudson from London (UK) who found love using internet dating. She spoke to us at a windy cafe on the South Bank of the river Thames in London, England and gave us some rather exciting news.&lt;/div&gt;
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J: We met in October last year. We were talking to each other for around about a month before we met up and it's really gone from there. I just instantly knew that he was `the one`.&lt;/div&gt;
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J: Our first date was actually one of the coldest dates ever at Kew Gardens (south west London, UK) and we just spent the whole time walking and getting to know each other because until then, all our communication had been by email.&lt;/div&gt;
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J: I didn't choose it. He did. So, it was his choice about spending the day there but they've got like a little cafe and stuff there, so we could have some lunch but also it's quite mutual territory where we could just like walk and chat and just get to know each other.&lt;/div&gt;
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E: So it's sort of took the pressure off in the sense that you didn't find yourself facing somebody that you couldn't talk to? You had something that you could talk about as you walked around on your date?&lt;/div&gt;
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J: Exactly.....look around at what was going on there.&lt;/div&gt;
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E: I know that it wasn't always easy to find somebody when you were online dating? It took time and you had to keep looking, and there were times when it was quite disappointing? How was that period for you?&lt;/div&gt;
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J: It was quite challenging because as somebody who is naturally quite shy, taking the knocks can actually be quite tough but you've got to actually be resilient and not take it too personally.&lt;/div&gt;
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E: Now tell me, how did it actually feel when you knew that the chap that you had meet, when you got to Kew Gardens and you kinda knew that this guy was the one? How did that feel, that you had found him?&lt;/div&gt;
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J: It was lovely, it was just like....We had been talking to each other for so long it was just finally meeting him was absolutely fantastic. What was nice was that it just felt so natural and we just didn't stop talking all day.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: That was Jilly Hudson from London (UK) who found love online with online dating. We have a surprise guest coming in soon...a fashion expert...&lt;/div&gt;
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R: ...and his name is 'rude'...&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Ruud!&lt;/div&gt;
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E:...sounds exciting....-laughs- Now you want to create a good first impression when online dating, so one of the most important parts is your profile page as that is the place where people spot you first by your photo and your write up. Emma is from OlderDatingOnline.com and she tells us how to get ahead.&lt;/div&gt;
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Em: Some tips I would give for making a good online dating profile. I think it is important to keep it simple, as people won't be bothered to read a really long detailed paragraph. You also don't want to give too much away. So, the idea is to leave them wanting more and intrigue someone enough to make them want to message you and find out more. All you need to do really is write a little about yourself. So, are you single, divorced, widowed? What do you do for a living? What do you like to do in your spare time?..and then it's also good to let others know what it is you are looking for on the dating website. So, identify whether you want to meet people in a particular age range or with certain habits, like non-smoking for example. And, I would say, a touch of humour in the profile and the photos are always good and go a long way.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Ok. And the photo? That's got to be important as well because if you are looking around and you can't see the person then that's going to put people at a disadvantage isn't it?&lt;/div&gt;
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Em: Yes, definitely. I think a photo on your profile is equally, if not more important than writing something about yourself. So, people are a lot less likely to chat to someone with online dating if they cant see what they look like. So, the photos probably the first thing people are going to look at when looking for a date online and people tend to know instinctively if they find that person attractive from their photos. So, yes, it is very important, yes.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: And how honest should you be with both, because in a way you are trying to sell yourself to try and attract people but should you be totally honest with the photos?&lt;/div&gt;
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Em: Yes. I think you should always be very honest with both of them because the truth will come out in the end. Starting an online relationship where you haven't been totally honest with each other, wont go very well for a long term relationship. By all means use a photograph of yourself where you are looking at absolutely at your best but there is a difference between using this and a photograph of a model.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Now, you work in the customer care team at OlderDatingOnline.com. What are the stats on all this. If somebody has got a photo and a profile, how much more likely are they to meet somebody and have a date?&lt;/div&gt;
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Em: Your chances of meeting someone online are 100 times better if you've written something about yourself and have a few good photos. This is definitely true of members who send in their success stories to the office.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: That was Emma from OlderDatingOnline.com. Now, our surprise guest has arrived. We are joined in the studio by Ruud from the Netherlands.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: A fashion expert who is wearing rather a lot of leather! Nice.... leather trousers Ruud! Are they red, maroon or burgundy?&lt;/div&gt;
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Rd: No... this is the blood colour. This the real bulls colour because you know I am not a vegetarian. I like to have real animal all over head to toe.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Ruud on a first date, should people be smart or casual?&lt;/div&gt;
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Rd: Yes. On a first date, it's always difficult, You need to make a good impression. Maybe yes.....maybe one half smart, one half casual. Smart on the top, casual on the bottom.&lt;/div&gt;
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E: What clothing items do you think are real dating winners?&lt;/div&gt;
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Rd: I think the flared trousers are coming back into fashion definitely. Wide flares, like YOU are wearing. They are from the 70's but they are coming back into fashion...flared trousers and very tight tops. For the women anyway.&lt;/div&gt;
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Rd:.....but in the case of this lovely lady here....you know...wear what you are wearing. Beautiful. No problem “baby”.&lt;/div&gt;
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E: Thank you so much! Many men are a bit clueless about fashion. What do you think the ladies like?&lt;/div&gt;
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Rd: Well I know what the ladies like but I can't talk about this on the radio!&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Ok, thanks very much Ruud.&lt;/div&gt;
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E: Would you like to win a years free membership to OlderDatingOnline.com, then go to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.lovesongs247.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"&gt;www.Lovesongs247.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;website. It's free and you could be in with a chance of winning.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Now next time on the dating show, blues eyes? Brown Eyes? Green Eyes? and attraction. There is a rather interesting study we look into and one of us goes on a date!!!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LcVShzBAhaM/UD942xyjVBI/AAAAAAAAAKs/B28OEdMiQrA/s72-c/lovesongsfav.jpeg" width="72"/></item><item><title>The Dating Show September 2013</title><link>http://lovesongs247.blogspot.com/2013/08/lovesongs-podcast-september.html</link><category>dating</category><category>entertainment</category><category>love</category><category>Podcast</category><category>romance</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Leone)</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288747320405465353.post-8729547296415079277</guid><description>Welcome to the Lovesongs 247 podcast 'The Dating Show!'&lt;br /&gt;
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R: In this edition of the Dating Show we look at your security when internet dating and we find out about an internet radio station called Lovesongs247.com which many daters are tuning in to while they are looking for a partner.&lt;/div&gt;
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E: And Pierre our resident dating expert looks at body language.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Just out of interest, where did we get Pierre from? Have you met him?&lt;/div&gt;
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E: I haven't met him but there is somebody sitting on the sofa and to be honest...if that is Pierre, I think there has been some terrible mistake. He's a body language expert? He gives you no eye contact at all!&lt;/div&gt;
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R: He's a little bit odd.&lt;/div&gt;
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E: ...I have to say..&lt;/div&gt;
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R: One eye was looking at me and the other was looking for me&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Ok. Now your security when doing anything these days is vital and so it is the case when internet dating. How safe really are you? We decided to look into this and have a chat with Emma, who works in the customer care team at OlderDatingOnline.com&lt;/div&gt;
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E: Every photo profile or message, diary entry, icebreaker that is loaded onto the system by a member will actually be submitted to the moderation team and the moderator will then be required to have a look at the submission in order to make sure that the content is suitable for the website but most importantly to ensure that that member is genuine.&lt;/div&gt;
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So, there are lots of things that we take into consideration when looking for scammer on a OlderDatingOnline.com. These are things like checking the sign up information. So, checking that that matches with the location and address that has been provided with registration. To check that they are where they say they are. There are also some scammers who try to pretend that they are different ages, so depending on the site, you can tell if they are likely to be suitable for OlderDatingOnline.com.&lt;/div&gt;
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We do a lot of checks on personal details, your location, income, marital status, ethnicity and religion of the member. All of these can indicate a scammer.....and then any profile changes which are uploaded are moderated. We can pick out certain words in the text, such as god-fearing, soul mate, honest, caring. These tend to indicate that it could be a scammer. The scammers will often just use a long list of adjectives to describe things. Then dating profile photo's. We can check to see if they appear anywhere else on the internet. Good looking and professional looking photos which tend to make the person look too good to be true, generally will belong to a scammer.&lt;/div&gt;
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And finally, private messages of dating website scammers will be impersonal and brief and may use terms such as `hello dear` or `hello beauty` and they are often trying to get daters to give up their privacy measures to try and take the conversation away from the site and therefore away from our moderation. So, we're looking out for those things.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: It sounds like there is quite a lot there. When you are on these sites, how much information should you give out to people you are chatting too? Should you give out your mobile number or your personal email address? So, that ahead of the date, if you have arranged a date, or should you not?&lt;/div&gt;
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E:I would advise not giving out any personal information until you have conversed with that other member looking for&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;for a reasonable amount of time and you trust that they seem to be genuine. If the conversation flows well and it is a two-way conversation, where you are both asking and answering questions, then the person is likely to be genuinely looking for&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt;. So, then it's fine to give out your email address and mobile number and take it from there but, I would advise against giving out your address until you have at least met the person. By all means, once you've been chatting to someone for a little while, talking on the phone is a fairly good gauge of whether they are who they say they are.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: and when you actually have found somebody and have arranged a date, is it a good idea to maybe arrange to meet at a neutral place and tell people where you are going, just as an added level of security?&lt;/div&gt;
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E: Yes, definitely I would say, always meet somebody in a public place for a first date. A coffee bar or something like that and let a friend know where you are going. So, keep yourself safe. I don't think meeting in a private home is a very good idea.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: And, there has been in the last months or so, been media reports about some internet dating sites, some companies, sending out false messages, winks and that. What would you say to those to those reports?&lt;/div&gt;
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E: There have been some reports in the media that some dating websites do this but all of our websites are user generated.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: That was Emma from OlderDatingOnline.com.&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;lt;music&amp;gt;Hello I'm Graham Dene&amp;lt;music&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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E: That's the sound of Lovesongs247.com, which is an internet radio station which is dedicated to dating. So the idea is that when people are on the dating site, they can listen to some music while they look for their partner. Rod caught up with presenter Mick Brown to find out more.&lt;/div&gt;
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M: Lovesongs247.com is a rather unique radio station because it really does play&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;"&gt;Love&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;"&gt;Songs&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;24 hours a day.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;"&gt;Lovesongs&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;are not always slow and smoochy. They can be upbeat.&lt;/div&gt;
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We like to mix things around. Bare in mind that the audience is listening at different times of day. So, say if you are listening in England you could be listening at&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1725243671" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"&gt;&lt;span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;"&gt;11 o'clock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;on a Saturday night but someone in Australia is listening next morning. So, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;"&gt;songs&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;have got to be just right for any kind of day.&lt;/div&gt;
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We know there is always a wonderful link between romance and&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;"&gt;songs&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;"&gt;Songs&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;always have that great thing in that over the years, you can always remember certain things that you were doing. People you were going out with someone.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: So we are now joined in the studio by Pierre, our resident....&lt;/div&gt;
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P: Bonjour&lt;/div&gt;
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R:...err... body language expert&lt;/div&gt;
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P: How are you?&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Nice to meet you Pierre, thank you for coming on the programme. Can I just start by saying body language is a very interesting sort of topic. How did you first get involved in all that?&lt;/div&gt;
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P: I know. I like being close to people. I like being especially the ladies. I like to learn about them by being up close to them, you know?&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Yes. I mean I was going to ask you as well. What is the right distance? If you are on a first date? What is the right distance?&lt;/div&gt;
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P: As close as possible of course!&lt;/div&gt;
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R: I realise that because at the moment you are sitting on my lap!&lt;/div&gt;
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P: ….very comfortable....&lt;/div&gt;
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R: I find that a bit intimidating but …..&lt;/div&gt;
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P: Only because you are not like a Frenchmen. You are not in touch with your feminine side. If you are comfortable, you will feel comfortable with me sitting here.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Right.&lt;/div&gt;
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P: ….warming you up....&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Right.....What about other things like, if you are talking to a woman. If she is playing with her hair, is that a good sign?&lt;/div&gt;
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P: I like a woman to play, yes. Especially with the hair, with the feet, with the hands. Anything to play with a woman. Very nice.&lt;/div&gt;
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E: Pierre can you raise your eyes a little when you are speaking to me.&lt;/div&gt;
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P: I can not. They are fixed. I am not very tall. What can I say.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Do you have ANY tips Pierre?&lt;/div&gt;
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P: Well yes of course. But, not in front of the ladies.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Thank you very much Pierre. We'll hopefully, we might get you back next month and get a few more of your gems of.....um&lt;/div&gt;
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E: I'd just like to ask Pierre how successful he is? I mean how successful are you in actually getting&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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P: Oh. I've had several wives. Even one of my own.&lt;/div&gt;
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R: Now we've got a bit of a competition where you could win a years membership to Older Dating Online.com. The best thing for you to do is to go to the Lovesongs247.com website. You'll see the competition there. Enter it. It's free and you could win a years membership to OlderDatingOnline.com.&lt;/div&gt;
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Next time on The Dating Show we find out about profiles and the importance of photos and we hear from a couple who found&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;online.&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;lt;music&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure length="0" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://www.lovesongs247.com/podcast/Podcast1-06-09-2013_FINAL.mp3"/><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LcVShzBAhaM/UD942xyjVBI/AAAAAAAAAKs/B28OEdMiQrA/s72-c/lovesongsfav.jpeg" width="72"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Welcome to the Lovesongs 247 podcast 'The Dating Show!' This month on the 'dating show' the team look into personal security when dating and all gets awkward with a body language expert. Click on the Lovesongs247 record to play The Dating Show brought to you by OlderDatingOnline.com (Transcript) R: In this edition of the Dating Show we look at your security when internet dating and we find out about an internet radio station called Lovesongs247.com which many daters are tuning in to while they are looking for a partner. E: And Pierre our resident dating expert looks at body language. R: Just out of interest, where did we get Pierre from? Have you met him? E: I haven't met him but there is somebody sitting on the sofa and to be honest...if that is Pierre, I think there has been some terrible mistake. He's a body language expert? He gives you no eye contact at all! &amp;lt;laughs&amp;gt; R: He's a little bit odd. E: ...I have to say.. R: One eye was looking at me and the other was looking for me &amp;lt;laughs&amp;gt; R: Ok. Now your security when doing anything these days is vital and so it is the case when internet dating. How safe really are you? We decided to look into this and have a chat with Emma, who works in the customer care team at OlderDatingOnline.com E: Every photo profile or message, diary entry, icebreaker that is loaded onto the system by a member will actually be submitted to the moderation team and the moderator will then be required to have a look at the submission in order to make sure that the content is suitable for the website but most importantly to ensure that that member is genuine. So, there are lots of things that we take into consideration when looking for scammer on a OlderDatingOnline.com. These are things like checking the sign up information. So, checking that that matches with the location and address that has been provided with registration. To check that they are where they say they are. There are also some scammers who try to pretend that they are different ages, so depending on the site, you can tell if they are likely to be suitable for OlderDatingOnline.com. We do a lot of checks on personal details, your location, income, marital status, ethnicity and religion of the member. All of these can indicate a scammer.....and then any profile changes which are uploaded are moderated. We can pick out certain words in the text, such as god-fearing, soul mate, honest, caring. These tend to indicate that it could be a scammer. The scammers will often just use a long list of adjectives to describe things. Then dating profile photo's. We can check to see if they appear anywhere else on the internet. Good looking and professional looking photos which tend to make the person look too good to be true, generally will belong to a scammer. And finally, private messages of dating website scammers will be impersonal and brief and may use terms such as `hello dear` or `hello beauty` and they are often trying to get daters to give up their privacy measures to try and take the conversation away from the site and therefore away from our moderation. So, we're looking out for those things. We also have a system by which dating members can report other members that they may come across on the website. So, if a member is concerned about a certain members behaviour, they can let us know by clicking a button and we can check that person out within 20 minutes of receiving the report. R: It sounds like there is quite a lot there. When you are on these sites, how much information should you give out to people you are chatting too? Should you give out your mobile number or your personal email address? So, that ahead of the date, if you have arranged a date, or should you not? E:I would advise not giving out any personal information until you have conversed with that other member looking for&amp;nbsp;love&amp;nbsp;for a reasonable amount of time and you trust that they seem to be genuine. If the conversation flows well and it is a two-way conversation, where you are both asking and answering questions, then the person is likely to be genuinely looking for&amp;nbsp;love. So, then it's fine to give out your email address and mobile number and take it from there but, I would advise against giving out your address until you have at least met the person. By all means, once you've been chatting to someone for a little while, talking on the phone is a fairly good gauge of whether they are who they say they are. R: and when you actually have found somebody and have arranged a date, is it a good idea to maybe arrange to meet at a neutral place and tell people where you are going, just as an added level of security? E: Yes, definitely I would say, always meet somebody in a public place for a first date. A coffee bar or something like that and let a friend know where you are going. So, keep yourself safe. I don't think meeting in a private home is a very good idea. R: And, there has been in the last months or so, been media reports about some internet dating sites, some companies, sending out false messages, winks and that. What would you say to those to those reports? E: There have been some reports in the media that some dating websites do this but all of our websites are user generated. R: That was Emma from OlderDatingOnline.com. &amp;lt;jingle&amp;gt; &amp;lt;music&amp;gt;Hello I'm Graham Dene&amp;lt;music&amp;gt; E: That's the sound of Lovesongs247.com, which is an internet radio station which is dedicated to dating. So the idea is that when people are on the dating site, they can listen to some music while they look for their partner. Rod caught up with presenter Mick Brown to find out more. M: Lovesongs247.com is a rather unique radio station because it really does play&amp;nbsp;Love&amp;nbsp;Songs&amp;nbsp;24 hours a day.&amp;nbsp;Lovesongs&amp;nbsp;are not always slow and smoochy. They can be upbeat. We like to mix things around. Bare in mind that the audience is listening at different times of day. So, say if you are listening in England you could be listening at&amp;nbsp;11 o'clock&amp;nbsp;on a Saturday night but someone in Australia is listening next morning. So, the&amp;nbsp;songs&amp;nbsp;have got to be just right for any kind of day. We know there is always a wonderful link between romance and&amp;nbsp;songs.&amp;nbsp;Songs&amp;nbsp;always have that great thing in that over the years, you can always remember certain things that you were doing. People you were going out with someone. &amp;lt;jingle&amp;gt; R: So we are now joined in the studio by Pierre, our resident.... P: Bonjour &amp;lt;background laughs&amp;gt; R:...err... body language expert P: How are you? R: Nice to meet you Pierre, thank you for coming on the programme. Can I just start by saying body language is a very interesting sort of topic. How did you first get involved in all that? P: I know. I like being close to people. I like being especially the ladies. I like to learn about them by being up close to them, you know? R: Yes. I mean I was going to ask you as well. What is the right distance? If you are on a first date? What is the right distance? P: As close as possible of course! &amp;lt;background laughs&amp;gt; R: I realise that because at the moment you are sitting on my lap! P: ….very comfortable.... R: I find that a bit intimidating but ….. P: Only because you are not like a Frenchmen. You are not in touch with your feminine side. If you are comfortable, you will feel comfortable with me sitting here. R: Right. P: ….warming you up.... R: Right.....What about other things like, if you are talking to a woman. If she is playing with her hair, is that a good sign? P: I like a woman to play, yes. Especially with the hair, with the feet, with the hands. Anything to play with a woman. Very nice. &amp;lt;background laughs&amp;gt; E: Pierre can you raise your eyes a little when you are speaking to me. P: I can not. They are fixed. I am not very tall. What can I say. &amp;lt;laughs&amp;gt; R: Do you have ANY tips Pierre? P: Well yes of course. But, not in front of the ladies. &amp;lt;laughs&amp;gt; R: Thank you very much Pierre. We'll hopefully, we might get you back next month and get a few more of your gems of.....um E: I'd just like to ask Pierre how successful he is? I mean how successful are you in actually getting&amp;nbsp;love. P: Oh. I've had several wives. Even one of my own. &amp;lt;laughs&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Jingle&amp;gt; R: Now we've got a bit of a competition where you could win a years membership to Older Dating Online.com. The best thing for you to do is to go to the Lovesongs247.com website. You'll see the competition there. Enter it. It's free and you could win a years membership to OlderDatingOnline.com. Next time on The Dating Show we find out about profiles and the importance of photos and we hear from a couple who found&amp;nbsp;love&amp;nbsp;online. &amp;lt;music&amp;gt;</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (Leone)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Welcome to the Lovesongs 247 podcast 'The Dating Show!' This month on the 'dating show' the team look into personal security when dating and all gets awkward with a body language expert. Click on the Lovesongs247 record to play The Dating Show brought to you by OlderDatingOnline.com (Transcript) R: In this edition of the Dating Show we look at your security when internet dating and we find out about an internet radio station called Lovesongs247.com which many daters are tuning in to while they are looking for a partner. E: And Pierre our resident dating expert looks at body language. R: Just out of interest, where did we get Pierre from? Have you met him? E: I haven't met him but there is somebody sitting on the sofa and to be honest...if that is Pierre, I think there has been some terrible mistake. He's a body language expert? He gives you no eye contact at all! &amp;lt;laughs&amp;gt; R: He's a little bit odd. E: ...I have to say.. R: One eye was looking at me and the other was looking for me &amp;lt;laughs&amp;gt; R: Ok. Now your security when doing anything these days is vital and so it is the case when internet dating. How safe really are you? We decided to look into this and have a chat with Emma, who works in the customer care team at OlderDatingOnline.com E: Every photo profile or message, diary entry, icebreaker that is loaded onto the system by a member will actually be submitted to the moderation team and the moderator will then be required to have a look at the submission in order to make sure that the content is suitable for the website but most importantly to ensure that that member is genuine. So, there are lots of things that we take into consideration when looking for scammer on a OlderDatingOnline.com. These are things like checking the sign up information. So, checking that that matches with the location and address that has been provided with registration. To check that they are where they say they are. There are also some scammers who try to pretend that they are different ages, so depending on the site, you can tell if they are likely to be suitable for OlderDatingOnline.com. We do a lot of checks on personal details, your location, income, marital status, ethnicity and religion of the member. All of these can indicate a scammer.....and then any profile changes which are uploaded are moderated. We can pick out certain words in the text, such as god-fearing, soul mate, honest, caring. These tend to indicate that it could be a scammer. The scammers will often just use a long list of adjectives to describe things. Then dating profile photo's. We can check to see if they appear anywhere else on the internet. Good looking and professional looking photos which tend to make the person look too good to be true, generally will belong to a scammer. And finally, private messages of dating website scammers will be impersonal and brief and may use terms such as `hello dear` or `hello beauty` and they are often trying to get daters to give up their privacy measures to try and take the conversation away from the site and therefore away from our moderation. So, we're looking out for those things. We also have a system by which dating members can report other members that they may come across on the website. So, if a member is concerned about a certain members behaviour, they can let us know by clicking a button and we can check that person out within 20 minutes of receiving the report. R: It sounds like there is quite a lot there. When you are on these sites, how much information should you give out to people you are chatting too? Should you give out your mobile number or your personal email address? So, that ahead of the date, if you have arranged a date, or should you not? E:I would advise not giving out any personal information until you have conversed with that other member looking for&amp;nbsp;love&amp;nbsp;for a reasonable amount of time and you trust that they seem to be genuine. If the conversation flows well and it is a two-way conversation, where you are both asking and answering questions, then the person is likely to be genuinely looking for&amp;nbsp;love. So, then it's fine to give out your email address and mobile number and take it from there but, I would advise against giving out your address until you have at least met the person. By all means, once you've been chatting to someone for a little while, talking on the phone is a fairly good gauge of whether they are who they say they are. R: and when you actually have found somebody and have arranged a date, is it a good idea to maybe arrange to meet at a neutral place and tell people where you are going, just as an added level of security? E: Yes, definitely I would say, always meet somebody in a public place for a first date. A coffee bar or something like that and let a friend know where you are going. So, keep yourself safe. I don't think meeting in a private home is a very good idea. R: And, there has been in the last months or so, been media reports about some internet dating sites, some companies, sending out false messages, winks and that. What would you say to those to those reports? E: There have been some reports in the media that some dating websites do this but all of our websites are user generated. R: That was Emma from OlderDatingOnline.com. &amp;lt;jingle&amp;gt; &amp;lt;music&amp;gt;Hello I'm Graham Dene&amp;lt;music&amp;gt; E: That's the sound of Lovesongs247.com, which is an internet radio station which is dedicated to dating. So the idea is that when people are on the dating site, they can listen to some music while they look for their partner. Rod caught up with presenter Mick Brown to find out more. M: Lovesongs247.com is a rather unique radio station because it really does play&amp;nbsp;Love&amp;nbsp;Songs&amp;nbsp;24 hours a day.&amp;nbsp;Lovesongs&amp;nbsp;are not always slow and smoochy. They can be upbeat. We like to mix things around. Bare in mind that the audience is listening at different times of day. So, say if you are listening in England you could be listening at&amp;nbsp;11 o'clock&amp;nbsp;on a Saturday night but someone in Australia is listening next morning. So, the&amp;nbsp;songs&amp;nbsp;have got to be just right for any kind of day. We know there is always a wonderful link between romance and&amp;nbsp;songs.&amp;nbsp;Songs&amp;nbsp;always have that great thing in that over the years, you can always remember certain things that you were doing. People you were going out with someone. &amp;lt;jingle&amp;gt; R: So we are now joined in the studio by Pierre, our resident.... P: Bonjour &amp;lt;background laughs&amp;gt; R:...err... body language expert P: How are you? R: Nice to meet you Pierre, thank you for coming on the programme. Can I just start by saying body language is a very interesting sort of topic. How did you first get involved in all that? P: I know. I like being close to people. I like being especially the ladies. I like to learn about them by being up close to them, you know? R: Yes. I mean I was going to ask you as well. What is the right distance? If you are on a first date? What is the right distance? P: As close as possible of course! &amp;lt;background laughs&amp;gt; R: I realise that because at the moment you are sitting on my lap! P: ….very comfortable.... R: I find that a bit intimidating but ….. P: Only because you are not like a Frenchmen. You are not in touch with your feminine side. If you are comfortable, you will feel comfortable with me sitting here. R: Right. P: ….warming you up.... R: Right.....What about other things like, if you are talking to a woman. If she is playing with her hair, is that a good sign? P: I like a woman to play, yes. Especially with the hair, with the feet, with the hands. Anything to play with a woman. Very nice. &amp;lt;background laughs&amp;gt; E: Pierre can you raise your eyes a little when you are speaking to me. P: I can not. They are fixed. I am not very tall. What can I say. &amp;lt;laughs&amp;gt; R: Do you have ANY tips Pierre? P: Well yes of course. But, not in front of the ladies. &amp;lt;laughs&amp;gt; R: Thank you very much Pierre. We'll hopefully, we might get you back next month and get a few more of your gems of.....um E: I'd just like to ask Pierre how successful he is? I mean how successful are you in actually getting&amp;nbsp;love. P: Oh. I've had several wives. Even one of my own. &amp;lt;laughs&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Jingle&amp;gt; R: Now we've got a bit of a competition where you could win a years membership to Older Dating Online.com. The best thing for you to do is to go to the Lovesongs247.com website. You'll see the competition there. Enter it. It's free and you could win a years membership to OlderDatingOnline.com. Next time on The Dating Show we find out about profiles and the importance of photos and we hear from a couple who found&amp;nbsp;love&amp;nbsp;online. &amp;lt;music&amp;gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>online,dating,internet,dating,online,dating,tips</itunes:keywords></item></channel></rss>